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Committee forwards ordinance to ban new fossil-fuel leases on city land and require inspections, transition planning
Summary
Supervisor Avalos' ordinance to prohibit entering or extending leases for fossil‑fuel extraction on city‑owned land — and to require inspections and a just‑transition plan for affected parcels — was forwarded with a positive recommendation after presentations from Real Estate and the SFPUC and extensive public comment urging a 'keep it in the ground' approach.
The Budget & Finance Committee voted to forward an ordinance introduced by Supervisor John Avalos that would prohibit the City and County of San Francisco from entering into or extending leases for fossil‑fuel extraction on city‑owned land and would require inspections and evaluation of future constructive uses for those properties.
Supervisor Avalos framed the measure as local climate action and described the Alfred Furman bequest that conveyed thousands of acres in Fresno and Kern counties to the city; roughly 1,400 acres remain and about 800 acres in the Kern River oil…
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